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PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Agricultural Experiment Station
Circular No. 19
LaFayette, Ind., November, 1909
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
III
INDUSTRIAL CONTESTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
G. I. Christie Henrietta W. Calvin
The Industrial Contest for Young People is beyond the experimental stage in Indiana. More than 45 counties have organized
boys' and girls' clubs and have conducted corn growing, bread baking, and butter making contests. Thousands of boys and girls have
been interested and actively engaged in this experiment which is
working directly for the betterment of agriculture and the home.
The contest is popular and has been strongly supported because
it offers a medium through which the cause of agriculture can be
furthered. It brings the people into close and active relationship
with the things that are immediately about them. It encourages
study, opens new avenues of thought, widens the horizon and
brings about a realization of the importance and magnitude of the
interests of country life. It creates a respect for industry and labor
and tends to elevate work from the plane of drudgery to one of
pleasure.
Young People's Clubs and Contests have been organized and
conducted by various individuals and organizations and in various
ways. Most of the efforts have been successful—a few have resulted in failure. The work was new, there were no outlines to follow and people did the best they knew. However, as a result of
these trials there has come about a plan of organization for the work,
which is believed by those actively engaged in the movement, to be
the best under present conditions. It is given here, not with the idea

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Agricultural Experiment Station
Circular No. 19
LaFayette, Ind., November, 1909
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
III
INDUSTRIAL CONTESTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
G. I. Christie Henrietta W. Calvin
The Industrial Contest for Young People is beyond the experimental stage in Indiana. More than 45 counties have organized
boys' and girls' clubs and have conducted corn growing, bread baking, and butter making contests. Thousands of boys and girls have
been interested and actively engaged in this experiment which is
working directly for the betterment of agriculture and the home.
The contest is popular and has been strongly supported because
it offers a medium through which the cause of agriculture can be
furthered. It brings the people into close and active relationship
with the things that are immediately about them. It encourages
study, opens new avenues of thought, widens the horizon and
brings about a realization of the importance and magnitude of the
interests of country life. It creates a respect for industry and labor
and tends to elevate work from the plane of drudgery to one of
pleasure.
Young People's Clubs and Contests have been organized and
conducted by various individuals and organizations and in various
ways. Most of the efforts have been successful—a few have resulted in failure. The work was new, there were no outlines to follow and people did the best they knew. However, as a result of
these trials there has come about a plan of organization for the work,
which is believed by those actively engaged in the movement, to be
the best under present conditions. It is given here, not with the idea